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Creating new pages

To create a new page, type the name of the page you want to link to in [[double square brackets]]. When you save the page, you'll see the new link pointing to your page. If the page exists already, it is displayed in blue, empty pages are displayed in red.

Clicking a red link will take you to the edit page for the new article. Simply type your text, click save and the new page will be created. Once text has been added, the link will change from red to blue indicating that the article now exists.

Creating links

To add an internal link, enclose the name of the page you want to link to in [[double square brackets]]. When you save the page, you'll see the new link pointing to your page. If the page exists already, it is displayed in blue, empty pages are displayed in red. Selflinks to the current page are not transformed in URLs but displayed in bold.

Editing existing pages

Click the edit page tab at the top of the article to the right of the ALA logo

Make changes to the text in the edit box. Make sure you write clearly and concisely, and make sure your edit does something to improve the page. If you're making normal changes to the text like fixing spelling mistakes or grammar, inserting new sentences, etc, then you don't have to worry too much about formatting. When you do need to use some type of formatting, you do it using wiki syntax, see Wiki formatting for some of the common types of formatting used.

Optionally, enter a short note in the Summary box describing your changes.

Discussion

Every article has its own discussion page where you can ask questions, make suggestions, or discuss corrections. Click the discussion page tab to reach it. You can sign your message by writing 4 tildes (~~~~). The wiki software turns them into the current time and your username or your current IP address if you are not logged in.